People v. Ham-Ying

This appeal concerns the extent to which a licensed physician may delegate tasks to a physician whose license has been suspended.

Defendant was a licensed osteopathic physician practicing medicine in Benton Harbor, Michigan. On January 19, 1982, he was convicted by a jury of illegally prescribing a controlled substance to a patient for other than legitimate and professionally recognized purposes. MCL 333.7401; MSA 14.15(7401). As a result of that conviction, defendant’s license was suspended by the Board of Osteopathic Medicine for a period of six months beginning April 4, 1983. The board…